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Questions surround the Orlando Magic as they prepare for their 2015-16 regular-season opener Wednesday night.
Here are some of the most pressing issues the team faces:
• Will the defense improve? And if so, by how much?
In order for the Magic to make a...

When the NBA's 2015 free agency period begins Wednesday at 12:01 a.m., much of the attention will focus on where Marc Gasol, LaMarcus Aldridge and Kevin Love will go and how the Boston Celtics, Los Angeles Lakers and New York Knicks will attempt to...

NEW YORK — The Orlando Magic now have completed three consecutive trips to the NBA Draft Lottery during the post-Dwight Howard Era, and the closest the Magic have come to receiving any luck at all occurred on May 21, 2013.
What seemed like a...

Magic SG Ben Gordon was looking to reclaim his game after a tumultuous two-year tenure with the Charlotte Hornets.
Gordon did that in Orlando to some extent, but his role diminished by midseason. He played in only 11 of the team’s final 32 games and...

Tobias Harris looked ready for his summer vacation to start Thursday, wearing a white designer T-shirt and beige shorts at Amway Center. He carried with him a team photo secured neatly to a poster board.
Of all the questions surrounding the Magic's...

DALLAS — Nothing appeared unusual when Tobias Harris received a pass from Maurice Harkless at midcourt and then raced toward the basket midway through the second quarter on Tuesday night. Harris sprinted forward, reached the lane and elevated, where the...

Kyle O'Quinn will never forget his one shining moment in the NCAA Tournament.
On March 16, 2012, exactly three years ago Monday, O'Quinn and his Norfolk State Spartans teammates completed one of the biggest upsets in the history of March Madness. They...

Now that the Magic will go with James Borrego as their (interim) coach for the rest of the season, here are 5 things that the team needs to do:
BORREGO A GO? Give Borrego a chance to keep the job. While the Magic are expected to look for a proven...

Once upon a time in the NBA, when big-city basketball was all the rage, the Boston Celtics, Los Angeles Lakers and New York Knicks were ever-present on the league marquee.Today?Their combined record this season is 43-114.When the Celtics, Lakers and...

Sure looks strange for the Magic to hold tryouts with the NBA season already in progress.
Jacque Vaughn, though, gives you the feeling he'll play anyone who knows what to do when the other team has the ball. Mainly, not faint.
Lately, Vaughn has tried...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Courtney Lee and Vince Carter are forever linked in Orlando Magic history.
On June 25, 2009, just 11 days after they lost in the NBA Finals, the Magic made a blockbuster trade, acquiring Carter and Ryan Anderson from the New Jersey...

Trade winds have been blowing in the NBA for some time this season.
Magic GM Rob Hennigan is no stranger to making deals. The Magic could use a rim-protecting power forward (who couldn't?) and a go-to wing (Andrew Wiggins, we never knew ye).
Here's my...

The Magic's signing of guard Ben Gordon as a free agent last summer to a two-year $8-million contract raised some eyebrows and was criticized in certain circles.
But Gordon feels he has proved his doubters wrong and recaptured his game after spending two...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The Magic certainly don't have a LeBron James. And as they witnessed at Time Warner Cable Arena, they don't have a Kemba Walker, either.
To win games, the Magic must usually take up a collection, which is what they did Saturday night in...

If you were familiar with the Orlando Magic’s pattern, you could foresee this outcome.
The Magic led the Cleveland Cavaliers 75-71 heading into the fourth quarter.
The lead never felt safe because it wasn’t safe.
Orlando’s offense deteriorated during...

Shortly after the Orlando Magic’s chartered jet landed at Orlando International Airport early Saturday morning, a deflating loss to the Atlanta Hawks fresh in players’ minds, a dejected Tobias Harris made a declaration to his teammates.
“We’re going to...

Wow, the Magic finally are getting a little more serious about this winning stuff. Here they are, 23 games into the season, and we haven't begun the official countdown to the draft lottery.
On the contrary, ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls: The...

Kyle O'Quinn couldn't have returned at a better time for the Orlando Magic.
After a 16-game absence due to a sprained left ankle, O'Quinn played the entire fourth quarter of the Magic's blowout loss to the Golden State Warriors on Wednesday night.
Now...

The Orlando Magic tonight will face a Miami Heat team that will be at less than full strength tonight.
Shooting guard Dwyane Wade will not play because of a hamstring injury, Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said after his team completed its shootaround a few...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Magic center Nik Vucevic knows the toughest part about being on the road.
"Packing and unpacking," he said. "That's the only part of this that I don't like."
He does like winning out of a suitcase, however — and getting rid of old...